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[Warpy]

blogs that will eventually grow legs if Congress grows a spine: http://cannonfire.blogspot.com/2005/12/deeper-into-wilkesmzm-scandals-updated.html

"The truth: Wilkes was a mechanism by which public funds earmarked for national defense were funneled to G.O.P. candidates and causes."

You heard it, taxpayer funded elections but only for the GOP, funded through taxes earmarked for the military. It's a part of the whole Cunningham mess, and probably the main reason he blubbered out a confession and apology before the cameras. Too many fat cats are going to get hurt when this one really breaks open.

Now you know why we can't afford to care for the soldiers coming back in pieces from Bush's dirty war.